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The first ever funeral I remember attending was that of my mother’s. I was 10 years old then. My mother had died. Final diagnosis being double pneumonia. My mother had been living with HIV/AIDS, I found this out later in life. I watched my mom fight off illness after illness. Her last days on this …

I have been through the depths of hell. Anyone who knows my story knows that the first 11years of my life were comprised of some of the hardest times in my life. It was a time of great turmoil and heartache. What my young self had to deal with was a lot. I don’t know …

Always weary of meeting people that I really love and look up to from these streets because I am always wondering if they will be as awesome as they have been in my eyes. (I accept that this is more about me and my own expectations rather than about them and who they are). So …

Many things still remind me of Bassie; another lifetime, another universe, a million and one dollars in my bank account and we would be married. She doesn’t know it, but I was that in love with her. She was not only an avid reader, she was a quick reader. Used to go through a whole …

It’s so weird how everything I am and need go against yours And yet I can’t keep away from you Almost so much you have I can’t stand or want And still I long for you Sometimes I scream inside because you just don’t get it Yet I still try But all that you are …

The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell is a social analytical non-fiction published in 2000 and is about how ideas, products, messages and behaviours spread like viruses. In this book Malcolm Gladwell describes “The Three Rules of Epidemics”. He describes just how it takes a few individuals to not only spark but spread a social trend. …

Dreams From My Father by Barack Obama is an autobiography published in 1998 and is about the story of his life up until he was elected as the first Head of the Harvard Law Review, two decades before he was elected the president of the United States of America. In this book we learn about …

Nothing But the Truth by John Kani is a play published in 2002 and is about the reconciliation among family members with the backdrop of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. In this book, the Makhaya family from New Brighton, Port Elizabeth, on come to terms with their painful family past and are in a journey …

Eight Days in September by Rev. Frank Chikane is a non-fiction published in 2012 and is about the events of the eight days leading to the removal of President Thabo Mbeki from office following his defeat in the 2007 ANC Polokwane conference. In this book we see Reverend Chikane, who was the Director General in …

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho is a work of fiction published in 1988 and is about the story of a Spanish boy called Santiago who goes on a journey in search of gold that came to him in a dream. In this book we come across a boy who has a dream about gold located …